07-13-2008, 08:03 PM
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 Re: lightning detection and mapping
In article , wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 20:42:25 -0400 Hactar wrote:
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> | Is there any native-to-Linux system for lightning detection and mapping?
> | The last time I searched (a few months ago), the best I found was some
> | software which ran through a sound card (good, I have an unused onboard
> | card), used homemade antennas (OK), and ran in VB (definitely NOT OK).
> | Is there anything better out now?
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> How would this do any triangulation?
You'd have to share data with a close-by person, presumably with a
common, highly accurate, timebase. Least, that's how another product I
looked at worked. Unfortunately, it used VB.
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